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Exclusive: Iranian drones appear to contain modified explosives designed for maximum damage to Ukrainian infrastructure, report finds

By Natasha Bertrand Iran appears to be modifying the attack drones it’s providing to Russia so that the explosive warheads can inflict maximum damage on infrastructure targets inside Ukraine, according to a new investigative report obtained exclusively by CNN. Iran has given Russia hundreds of drones to use in its war in Ukraine, many of

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Biden says US-China relations have not taken a hit in wake of spy balloon shoot down

By Phil Mattingly, Chief White House correspondent President Joe Biden said in a new interview that the recently recovered Chinese spy balloon that traversed the continental US did not damage bilateral relations between the two countries. “The idea shooting down a balloon that’s gathering information over America and that makes relations worse?” Biden told PBS

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Former Pence chief of staff: FBI search of Pence home for any more classified material ‘not too far off’

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN Marc Short, the former chief of staff to Vice President Mike Pence, suggested Wednesday that an FBI search of Pence’s Indiana home for any additional classified materials is “not too far off into the future.” “There have been conversations about a consensual search to be conducted, and I presume that’s not

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Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus calls on Biden to tap Julie Su to replace Walsh as Labor secretary

By MJ Lee, Senior White House correspondent The Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus is throwing its support behind Julie Su, the deputy Labor secretary, to replace Labor Secretary Marty Walsh who is soon departing the Biden administration — a significant public display of support for an Asian American to join President Joe Biden’s Cabinet. “We

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At least $191 billion in pandemic jobless benefits improperly paid, watchdog tells Congress

By Tami Luhby, CNN At least $191 billion in pandemic unemployment benefits could have been improperly paid, with a “significant portion” attributable to fraud, according to a new estimate from the Department of Labor’s Office of Inspector General. That’s up from the office’s projection last year of at least $163 billion in improper payments. The

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Appeals court rejects WinRed’s effort to halt Minnesota AG’s probe into its fundraising tactics

By Eric Bradner, CNN The 8th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against WinRed in its effort to block subpoenas from Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison’s office in an investigation into whether the GOP donation processing website violated the state’s consumer protection law. Ellison, a Democrat, is investigating WinRed’s pre-checked recurring donation boxes that enroll

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